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Re: Problems getting rid of large files using git-filter-branch

From
Stephen R. van den Berg <srb@cuci.nl>
Date
Jan 6, 2009, 23:17 UTC
Message-ID
<20090106231726.GB13379@cuci.nl>
In-Reply-To
<alpine.LFD.2.00.0901061709510.26118@xanadu.home>
Nicolas Pitre wrote:
>On Tue, 6 Jan 2009, ?yvind Harboe wrote:
>OK, try this:
>	git pull file://$(pwd)/../my_repo.orig
Alternately, try:
rm -rf .git/ORIG_HEAD .git/FETCH_HEAD .git/index .git/logs .git/info/refs \
  .git/objects/pack/pack-*.keep .git/refs/original .git/refs/patches \
  .git/patches .git/gitk.cache &&
 git prune --expire now &&
 git repack -a -d --window=200 &&
 git gc
-- 
Sincerely,
           Stephen R. van den Berg.

"Very funny, Mr. Scott. Now beam down my clothes!"
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  1. Øyvind HarboeJan 6, 2009
  2. Johannes SchindelinJan 6, 2009
  3. Øyvind HarboeJan 6, 2009
  4. Johannes SchindelinJan 7, 2009
  5. Øyvind HarboeJan 7, 2009
  6. Johannes SchindelinJan 7, 2009
  7. Sitaram ChamartyJan 7, 2009
  8. Nicolas PitreJan 6, 2009
  9. Øyvind HarboeJan 6, 2009
  10. Stephen R. van den BergJan 6, 2009
  11. Nicolas PitreJan 7, 2009
  12. Øyvind HarboeJan 7, 2009
  13. Nicolas PitreJan 7, 2009

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